Comments on: One More Feckless Study On Intelligence Reform http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5254/feckless-study-intelligence-reform/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feckless-study-intelligence-reform Intrepid New Journalism Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jesse Hemingway http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5254/feckless-study-intelligence-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Jesse Hemingway Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:17:44 +0000 http://pubrecord.org/?p=5254#comment-995 Afghanistan why are we still there? During the 2004 national televised Vice President debates Vice President Dick Cheney stated that 80% of Al Qaeda had been killed or captured. Using the infallible 9/11 commission report that would mean the range of Al Qaeda still alive as of when Republican Vice President publicly stated in 2004; the maxium range of Al Qaeda is 2000 – 4000 that could still be living. Yet in the following year of 2005 additional 5000 Al Qaeda were killed or captured that means we over killed Al Qaeda somewhere in the range of 5 - 30%. This means by 2005 the war on terror was over when you kill more then the total number of possible enemies. THE WAR IS OVER!!!!!! The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), 2 THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 2.1 A DECLARATION OF WAR http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch2.htm (sec 78) Chapter 2 The Taliban seemed to open the doors to all who wanted to come to Afghanistan to train in the camps. The alliance with the Taliban provided al Qaeda a sanctuary in which to train and indoctrinate fighters and terrorists, import weapons, forge ties with other jihad groups and leaders, and plot and staff terrorist schemes. While Bin Ladin maintained his own al Qaeda guesthouses and camps for vetting and training recruits, he also provided support to and benefited from the broad infrastructure of such facilities in Afghanistan made available to the global network of Islamist movements. U.S. intelligence estimates put the total number of fighters who underwent instruction in Bin Ladin-supported camps in Afghanistan from 1996 through 9/11 at 10,000 to 20,000.78 Afghanistan why are we still there?
During the 2004 national televised Vice President debates Vice President Dick Cheney stated that 80% of Al Qaeda had been killed or captured. Using the infallible 9/11 commission report that would mean the range of Al Qaeda still alive as of when Republican Vice President publicly stated in 2004; the maxium range of Al Qaeda is 2000 – 4000 that could still be living. Yet in the following year of 2005 additional 5000 Al Qaeda were killed or captured that means we over killed Al Qaeda somewhere in the range of 5 – 30%. This means by 2005 the war on terror was over when you kill more then the total number of possible enemies. THE WAR IS OVER!!!!!!

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission),
2
THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM

2.1 A DECLARATION OF WAR
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch2.htm

(sec 78) Chapter 2

The Taliban seemed to open the doors to all who wanted to come to Afghanistan to train in the camps. The alliance with the Taliban provided al Qaeda a sanctuary in which to train and indoctrinate fighters and terrorists, import weapons, forge ties with other jihad groups and leaders, and plot and staff terrorist schemes. While Bin Ladin maintained his own al Qaeda guesthouses and camps for vetting and training recruits, he also provided support to and benefited from the broad infrastructure of such facilities in Afghanistan made available to the global network of Islamist movements. U.S. intelligence estimates put the total number of fighters who underwent instruction in Bin Ladin-supported camps in Afghanistan from 1996 through 9/11 at 10,000 to 20,000.78

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